Roberson was helped off the field and later taken to the tunnel on a cart with a towel over his head. This effort followed the first two games in which COVID-19 protocols were not followed, and enforcement wasn’t done, either. His 358 all-purpose yards were a program record and the highest total in the nation this season. Tulane takes on SMU in a college football game at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday, October 16, 2020 (10/16/20). 25 Memphis late in the third quarter with a noncontact knee injury. Fluid in and out of route breaks. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. The 5-foot-9, 212-pound Herbert is playing his final season as a graduate transfer. He was productive in his 35 games with the Jayhawks. “It hurts not having Reggie,” Buechele said. Granson led the group with 68 yards. Sam Blum, Staff Writer. Memphis last played a month ago against Arkansas State. Site Last Updated: Monday, September 21, 6:38AM Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. SMU football quick hits: Absence of Reggie Roberson Jr. felt in struggling Mustangs offense SMU’s 13 points were the fewest for the program in more than two years. By ASU SPORTS INFORMATION. GRADE: 64 PRO COMPARISON: Kareem Jackson/Rayshawn Jenkins —Struggled to mirror in man coverage; will most likely be a slot corner in the NFL. Gray had just four catches for 11 yards before coming out with an injury. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. Costello, Mississippi State, 468 ypg; receiving: Elijah Moore, Mississippi, 159.5 ypg. Are you a Stathead, too? Subscribe to our Free Newsletter. SMU wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. catches a pass and runs for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Memphis in Dallas, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.AP. Do you have a sports website? This marks the first year since 1931 that Oklahoma has lost to Kansas State and Iowa State in the same season. Or write about sports? Do you have a blog? (The Associated Press contributed to this report.). Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Find more SMU stories from The Dallas Morning News here. Coming into Saturday's game, Roberson had the most receptions for SMU with 17, second-most receiving yards with 231 and most receiving touchdowns with three. SMU fell to 2-1 in the league with the loss on Saturday night, and as a result, its road to the American Athletic Conference title game because somewhat more tenuous. SMU wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. left the Mustangs' game against No. Tracks the football well and makes excellent adjustments, even late. An aside: Pool was named James Morris Pool at birth. I was not pleased with the way the game started in any phases,” Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield said. SMU WR Reggie Roberson Jr. Roberson had a nice, efficient game Saturday in the win over Texas State, hauling in six passes (on eight targets) for 99 yards and a … —Relies too much on his hands in coverage. Five players SMU will rely on if WR Reggie Roberson Jr., RB TJ McDaniel miss time with injuries Jr. WR Austin Upshaw made one of the biggest plays in … He's also covered University of Virginia athletics for The Daily Progress in Charlottesville. Highlighting his day were touchdowns of 85 and 70 yards. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? If the Mustangs win out, it will play in the title game. Copyright © 2020 The Dallas Morning News. SMU still controls its destiny. August 31, 2019. Our journalism needs your support now. More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Guys like Rashee [Rice] and Danny [Gray] and everybody else has to step up.”. —Recovered from an injury his junior year to have his most productive season in 2019 with three interceptions. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The senior is among five receivers in the nation since 2015 to go over 200 yards on so few catches. That set up the final drive for SMU (4-0, 1-0), which never trailed. Individual rushing: Herbert, Virginia Tech, 156 ypg; passing: K.J. Herbert ultimately decided to leave and enrolled at Tech in January. PRO COMPARISON: Kareem Jackson/Rayshawn Jenkins, Cowboys HC disappointed his team didn’t retaliate after dirty hit on Dalton: ‘Was not the response you would expect’, Bucs HC told the newly acquired WR to ‘be a team player, or be gone’ (Glazer), Andy Dalton taken to the locker room after hit to the head by Washington’s Jon Bostic, who was ejected . We’re not going to use rust or anything of that nature.”. Are you a Stathead, too? This season the conference is taking best two teams in the 11-team conference, as opposed to breaking it up by division. Bayless … It was blown out by Cincinnati, 42-13, in a battle of conference heavyweights. “Obviously disappointed, or mad, sad with the loss. All rights reserved. I bet he dropped three of four balls. PROS: While he hasn’t been tasked with an expansive route tree, he is deceptive in setting up his route breaks, working to stack and attacking space. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. “No excuses. Wins sooth the issue. This Month in Sports Reference Sam covers SMU athletics and the Texas Rangers for The Dallas Morning News, and previously covered Auburn University athletics for AL.com. By signing up you agree to our privacy policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas. UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU was held to its lowest point total since Sept. 7, 2018, the third game of the Sonny Dykes era. Get the latest news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Defensive Dabo: Am I at right press conference? As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Herbert also had 150 kick return yards against Duke. SMU’s Reggie Roberson Jr. suffered a knee injury that will knock him out of the 2020 college football season, head coach Sonny Dykes confirmed Monday (via … Reggie Robinson II: It’s around 4.4 or 4.3. Join our linker program. Reggie Roberson Jr. became the first SMU receiver to total more than 200 yards receiving in a game, catching five balls for 243 in a 30-27 win over Memphis. Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of fuboTV. Fans in the SMU student section did a far better job of following the guidelines and social distancing on Saturday. 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Buechele stepped up in the pocket and hit Roberson near the 25, where the receiver made a defender miss and then took off down the sideline. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Find out more. He graduated from Syracuse University. Subscribe to NJ.com », Brian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. QB Shane Buechele’s 23-of-44 completion total doesn’t show the number of dropped passes. —Can play press at the line of scrimmage against receivers or tight ends. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. White was 29 of 42 for 380 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Ed Hunt: Do you know your 40 time right now? Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (each updated 1/1/20). All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 3. His 40 time shows the speed to recover, but he is still too slow to react to what's happening in front of him. Jet Chip Wasp Productions 284 views 0:05 Adam Trautman 40 Yard Dash 2nd Attempt - … A big outside corner at Tulsa who struggled to turn and run with speedy receivers, Robinson will likely move inside to slot corner or safety. The Sooners, beaten 37-30 at Iowa State, have lost back-to-back games for the first time since 1999 and lost in Ames for the first time since 1960. He was a first-team preseason All-AAC pick and on the Biletnikoff Award watch list this season. Roberson, a senior, opted to bypass the NFL draft and return to SMU this season after missing the last five games of the 2019 season with a foot injury. SMU wide receiver Reggie Roberson caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Shane Buechele to put the Mustangs up 17-3 on Memphis in the … But against a vaunted Cincinnati defense, it became far clearer just how much those two are missed. Khalil Herbert seems to be feeling right at home at Virginia Tech, moving to the top of the national rushing chart with his stellar performance against Duke. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Florida is averaging 41.3 points over its last four games. Bumper Pool continues to be a tackle machine for Arkansas. Leaders after the first month of the season: Team scoring: Texas, 51 ppg; scoring defense: Marshall, 3.5 ppg; rushing: Air Force, 369 ypg; rushing defense: North Carolina, 54 ypg; passing: Mississippi State, 468 ypg; passing defense: South Florida, 125.3 ypg; total offense: BYU, 585.7 ypg; total defense: BYU, 214.3 ypg. —Shies away from contact; slow to come up in the run. The Tigers didn’t play their next two scheduled games and had an 11-day gap without practicing because of positive COVID-19 tests in the program. SMU would be at least one full game back of Navy and Cincinnati, and would lose the tiebreaker to both. SMU wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. hauls in the long catch, but appears to injure his knee after trying to make a cut. “And if ya’ll ask the question every week, I’m going to tell you, ‘Yeah, it hurts to not have Reggie.’ We’ve got to have guys step up, and we will.”. I have been called stiff. We present them here for purely educational purposes. The man throwing to Roberson was Shane Buechele, who passed for a career-high 474 yards and three TDs and had a career-high 501 yards of total offense. Shane Buechele was 32-of-45 passing for 474 yards and three touchdowns. sports SMU Mustangs. The solution this game was to leave the entire hill for students, and to break the students up into pods of no more than 10. Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DIRECTV, Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling. —Primarily played corner at Tulsa but projects well as a slot corner/safety hybrid. I knew it was going to come down to something like that.”. SMU had a 24-3 lead after Roberson’s 85-yard score early in the second quarter.